That sound really interesting Alistair, thanks for keeping us informed.
adam
| -----Original Message-----
| From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:JISC-
| [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alistair Young
| Sent: 05 May 2006 15:41
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| Subject: Guanxi News
|
| Hello all,
|
| I thought I'd update the members with news of Guanxi. We've just
| released the latest version, codename "bigyin" (some humour does help
| in middleware!).
|
| We're pleased with the progress of the Service Provider, which we
| think is unique in SP terms, in that it's distributed, web service
| based and language neutral. We're currently working on PHP and XMPP
| Guards that will use the services of the SP's distributed SAML Engine.
|
| The SP's SAML Engine can be installed centrally in an institution and
| lightweight (Java and PHP so far) Guards can be given to tutors etc
| who wish to "shibb" their applications. One Engine can work with
| multiple Guards. Scalability is acheived through multiple Engines
| with their own Guard communities.
|
| This release also adds full SSL and Identity Masquerading to the SP.
|
| The release can be found on the project site:
| http://sourceforge.net/projects/guanxi/
|
| as well as the new Wiki:
| http://www.guanxi.uhi.ac.uk
|
| We're also developing a knowledgebase of how to shibb applications,
| the issues etc:
| http://www.guanxi.uhi.ac.uk/drguanxi
|
| The Wikis are new so we're still migrating from the old one and
| adding lots more documentation on how the modules work.
|
| For information on ways to shibb applications, user accounts etc, Dr.
| Guanxi's Shibb Clinic will, we hope, become an interesting resource
| for those with a thirst for shibb knowledge.
|
| best regards,
|
| Alistair
|